Senior Researcher Media

The i2CAT Foundation is looking for a Senior Researcher to join our Media Internet department.

Since the last decade, the video research community and industry are strongly focusing on immersive technologies. Relevant examples include Virtual/Augmented/eXtended Reality (VR/AR/XR) scenarios, volumetric/holographic conferencing, and interactive shared experiences. These technologies typically involve advanced capturing systems and representation formats, such as Free Viewpoint and Multiview Video, Light-field, and Volumetric Video, which are all becoming increasingly relevant. In the context of distributed and interactive eXtended Reality (XR), Signal Processing techniques become essential to improve the performance and quality along many different processes and requirements of the end-to-end systems, including: Computer Vision, Content Fusion, Content Encoding, and Content Rendering.

The selected researcher will be working on the design, development and evaluation of next-generation interactive and immersive networked services, addressing both technological and User eXperience (UX) aspects.

The main responsibilities of the researcher will be:

• Technical management within the scope of national and European projects, with a key focus on the RIS3 ViVIM project
• Lead technological developments in the field of networked services, with a key focus on multi-party scenarios and immersive video technologies
• Lead and plan evaluation methodologies for the technologies and experiences under development
• Co-lead the research strategy and roadmap of the Media Internet department
• Contribute to the participation in national and international consortia, increasing the network of contacts and funding opportunities for the Media Internet department
• Maximize the visibility and impact of the Media Internet department in international conferences and journals
• Co-Supervision of BsC, MsC and PhD students belonging to the Media Internet department

Candidates should prove an experienced track record of publications, and ideally participation in research and industry projects.

Who we are:

Who we are:

The i2CAT Foundation is a CERCA centre with the vision of leading the challenge of designing and building the digital society of the future based on research and innovation in advanced digital technologies. Highlighting the generation of talent and in order to generate economic and social impact, i2CAT wants to turn Catalonia into a creative, empowered and innovative society, where knowledge and digital technology are at the service of people, promoting:

• The generation of excellence knowledge aimed at solving the challenges of companies, citizens and public administration (mission-driven research).
• The collaboration and establishment of synergies with other agents of the local ecosystem of research and digital innovation to co-develop solutions and products that generate a transformative impact.
• The digital empowerment of citizens through digital, open, participatory social innovation with territorial capillarity.
• The leadership of pioneering initiatives and tractors that increase the international projection and visibility of Catalonia as a digital and innovative country.

i2CAT is a constantly growing organization that has extensive experience in the leadership and development of research and innovation projects at national and international level in the technological fields of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), virtual and immersive technologies, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Space Communications and digital society technologies.

Want to know more? Visit our webpage!  (http://www.i2cat.net/)

What do we offer?

• Work from our offices or from home, whichever works best for you. We only ask for two days in person at the office to coordinate with the rest of the team.
• This is a full time vacancy
• You will have a flexible work schedule so that you can reconcile your personal life with the professional one.
• Intensive hours every Friday of the year and every day in July and August
• Fix + variable salary
• Possibility of receiving part of your remuneration in kind (restaurant, transport, nursery or medical insurance)
• 25 working days of annual leave (the common 22 + 3 additional ones)
• You can access the UPC gym at a reduced price
• If you are interested, you can participate in events of your sector.
• You will work with a laptop. You can choose your work environment, Mac, Linux or Windows.
• You can ask us for training of your interest.
• We will work so that you have a career plan to promote your growth and development.

Where will you do it?

At i2CAT we already have an established telework policy for some time. You can work from home or from the office, whichever suits you best. We ask that you attend the office two days per week, one to stay connected with the team and the other one to establish relations.

If you decide to come to the office, we are located in Zona Universitària, next to the Campus Nord of the UPC, within a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment. It is a very well connected area (metro, tram, bus) with bars and restaurants around.

Our offices are designed with an open-office concept where everything is light and transparency (we do not have opaque rooms). We have a variety of workspaces so that you don't have to be at the same table all day.

i2CAT is an organization committed to equal opportunities. That is why we seek to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented, and therefore explicitly encourage the female collective to apply.

i2CAT is an organization committed to diversity and we seek to increase the number of people with disabilities in our team.

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